Weather strip



A. C. SCHNAKE.

WEATHER ST APPLICATION FILED AP {192l- 1,403,91 Patented Jan. 17,1922.

lower edge of the door AUGUST C. SCHNAKE, OF CENTRALIA, ILLINOIS.

WEATHER STRIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

Application filed; April 15, 1921. Serial No. 461,497.

To all 'whomc't may concern:

Be it known that/I, AUeUs'r (J. SOHNAKE,21 citizen of the United States,residing at Centralia, in the county of Marion, State of Illi nois, haveinvented a newand useful lVeather Strip; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear,'and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake'and usethe same.

The invention relates to weather strips and has for its object toprovide a device of this character, particularly adapted for use inconnection with doors and casement windows and so constructed that whenthe door or window is closed a hermetical seal is formed therebypreventing water and the like from passing under the door or window.

A further object is to. provide adjacent the lower edge of a door anangle member, one flange of which is securedto the outer face of thedoor, the other flange underlying the and extending slightly downwardly,and adapted to frictionally engage by spring action an arcuatethreshhold plate thereby forming atight water excluding joint. Anotherobject is to provide an outwardly and downwardly extending ledge carriedby the outer -face of the door adjacent its lower edge, which ledgeforms a water shed whereby water which may flow down the door will bedeflected by the ledge to a point remote from the joint between thespring flange and the threshold plate.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafterset forth, shown inthe drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of a door and door frameshowing the weather strip applied to the lower edge of said door.

Figure 2 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken on line 22 of Figure1.

Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of portions of the weather strip,and a portion of the threshold plate.

Figure 4 is a sectional view through the lower edge of a casementwindow, showing a modified form of weather stripping and water shedtherefor.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 1 designates a door frame and 2 adoor which is hingedly connected to the means of hinges 3. Securedto theupper face of the threshold 4' is a metallic threshold plate 5, saidthreshold plate being semicircular in transverse cross section therebyforming inclined surface 6, with which surface a wear member 7 carriedby the spring flange S engages when the door is moved to closed positionas shown in Figure 2. The spring flange 8 is provided with a verticallydisposed intermediate portion 9 which is socured to the outer face ofthe door 2 by means of nails 10. The lower edge of the door Qis providedwith a longitudinal recess 11 which receivesthe spring flange 8 as thesame is forced upwardly during a door clos ingoperation. lVhen the dooris opened the wear member 7 of the flange 8 moves atits free end untilsaid free end assumes a posi tion substantially in the same horizontalplane as the lower edge of the door. By

providing the recess 11 it will be seen that it will not be necessary toout off the lower edge of the door and that the inner side of the loweredge of the door may be disposed in a plane below the upper side of thethreshold plate 8. lVhen the door is closed the wear member 7 of thespring flange 8 will be forced into close binding and frictionalengagement with the threshold plate 5 and will conform to thelongitudinal contour of the wear plate 5, thereby making a tight jointdoor frame 1 by j extending the full length of the lower edge 4 of thedoor.

Secured to the outer face of the door 2 by means of screws 12 is achannel member 13, the vertical portion 15 of which is provided with anupwardly and inwardly extending flange 16 which is forced into bitingengagement with the outer face of the door 2, thereby forming a watertight joint which will prevent entrance of water behind the channelmember 13, when water flows down the outer face of the door. Thevertical portion 15 has its lower end in engagement with a flange 17carried by the intermediate portion 9 of the spring flange member, therefore it will be seen when the'screw 12 is tightened binding and bitingengagement of the upwardly and inwardly extending portion 16 of thechannel 13 may be varied 7 prevent water for taking up loosenessincident to warping of the door or for any other reason. The channelmember 13 is provided with a downwardly and outwardly extending flange18. which flange terminates in an inwardly and upwardly extendingportion 19, terminating in engagement with the intermediate portion 9,thereby forming a water shed 20, which water shed will deflect the waterwhich flows down the door to a point remote from the threshold plate 5,thereby deflecting the water to a point where it will not flow under thedoor, nor will it be blown under the door during a high wind.

' Referring to the modified form shown in Figure el, the numeral 21designates a casement window to the outer face of which window issecured a spring strip 22, the upper end of which is disposed within achannel 23 of an outwardly and downwardly extending water shed member24, said spring member 22 and water shed being held in place by means ofa nail 25 which passes through the channel portion 23 of the water shedand the spring member 22. The lOW'cl edge or" the spring member 22extends outwardly and downwardly as at 26 and is adapted to engage andbind against the shoulder 27 of an upwardly extending spring member 28carried by the window sill 29. When the window 21 is in closed positionas shown in full lines in Figure 4, the spring member 22 is forced intobinding engagement with the shoulders 27 thereby forming a water tightjoint which will from entering beneath the window 21. means forpreventing entrance of water, shed 24 is provided,which watershed willdefleet the water outwardly to a'point remote from the shoulder 27 andconsequently pre- However as an additional.

vent seepage of water between the shoulder 27 and spring member 22. Bydisposing the spring member 22 in the channel 23, it will be seen thatsaid member will be spaced from the outer face of the Window, therebyallowing the same to spring as it is forced into engagement with theshoulder 27 there being also a spring action in the member 28 therebyallowingthe same to flex slightly when the window is closed.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as'new and useful isThe combination with a weather strip for a vertically pivoted closure,the intermediate portion of said weather strip being secured to theouter side of the closure and provided with an outwardly extendingflange, of a water shed for said weather strip, said water shedcomprising a vertically disposed portion having its upper edge extendingupwardly and inwardly and its lower edge in engagement with the outwardly extending flange of the-intermediate portion of the weatherstrip, securing means extending through the vertically disposed portionof the water shed and into the closure, said water shed extendingdownwardly, and outwardly and bent upon itself and terminating in anupwardly and inwardly extending portion, said upwardly and inwardlyextending portion having its inner edge in engagement with theintermediate portion of the weather strip.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. 7

AUGUST U. SGHNAKE. Witnesses i LUoIEN O. WILSON, JAMES MAxrIEnD.

